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Altman slams Hudson County for renewing ICE contract

November 25, 2020 2:42 pm

New Jersey Working Families slammed Hudson County’s all-Democratic Freeholder Board for approving a new contract to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in its county jail for up to 10 more years. “The Hudson County Board of Commissioners represented New...

Progressives came reasonably close in one Hudson freeholder race

July 23, 2020 1:16 pm

A closer-than-expected Democratic primary for Hudson County freeholder has left some local political observers wondering if a progressive strategy to challenge four other incumbents was an overreach that limited their chances to win one seat and break through a county...

Hudson organization Democrats lead in all freeholder races

July 8, 2020 8:26 pm

All nine freeholders backed by the Hudson County Democratic Organization are maintaining leads over a slate of progressive challengers after more than 5,000 additional vote-by-mail ballots were counted today. The closest race is in the 4th district, where Yraida Aponte-Lipski...

In Hudson, organization-backed freeholder candidates lead in all races

July 8, 2020 3:09 amJuly 8, 2020 5:54 am

With the vast majority of ballots uncounted, organization-backed candidates in Hudson County lead progressive challengers in all nine district freeholder races. Freeholder candidate Yraida Aponte-Lipski holds a slight lead, but so few votes have been counted that it’s insignificant. There...

On election night, look at Hudson District 5 freeholder race to see if Oseguera challenge is real

July 4, 2020 5:01 pm

The quickest snapshot to tell if Hector Oseguera’s primary challenge to Rep. Albio Sires (D-West New York) is real on Election Day will be to look at Hudson County District 5, which includes Hoboken and part of the downtown Ward...

Fulop, DeGise team up to boost Hudson candidates

June 30, 2020 11:31 amJune 30, 2020 2:09 pm

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop and Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise put stowed their knives and joined together for an election-eve ad boosting Hudson’s county-backed candidates. “He and I, we don’t always agree on everything, but there is one thing...

Democratic congressional candidate Hector Oseguera. Photo courtesy of Hector Oseguera for Congress.

Hudson Dems angered over Jersey City councilman’s endorsement

June 29, 2020 1:31 amJune 29, 2020 1:21 am

An endorsement of anti-organization candidates by a Jersey City councilman has some Hudson County Democrats steamed. James Solomon, who represents Ward E on the city council, endorsed Hector Oseguera for Congress against incumbent Albio Sires (D-West New York) in the...